[newbie] ARTICLE: Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSource Commitment
Ximian (as in Red-Carpet, Evolution, Ximian Connector, Ximian Desktop2) has been purchased by NOVELL. Read. This is interesting. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030804/sfm098_1.html -- Mon Aug 4 23:55:01 EST 2003 23:55:01 up 1 day, 3:43, 2 users, load average: 1.17, 1.34, 1.39 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Ladies and Gentlemen, Hobos and Tramps, Cross-eyed mosquitos and bowlegged ants, I come before you to stand behind you To tell you of something I know nothing about. Next Thursday (which is good Friday), There will be a convention held in the Women's Club which is strictly for Men. Admission is free, pay at the door, Pull up a chair, and sit on the floor. It was a summer's day in winter, And the snow was raining fast, As a barefoot boy with shoes on, Stood sitting in the grass. Oh, that bright day in the dead of night, Two dead men got up to fight. Three blind men to see fair play, Forty mutes to yell Hooray! Back to back, they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise, Came and arrested those two dead boys. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ARTICLE: Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSource Commitment
What's SCO going to say about that? Are Novell going to release their own version of Linux? -Original Message- From: Stephen Kuhn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 3:00 PM To: Mandrake Newbie Subject: [newbie] ARTICLE: Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSource Commitment Ximian (as in Red-Carpet, Evolution, Ximian Connector, Ximian Desktop2) has been purchased by NOVELL. Read. This is interesting. http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/030804/sfm098_1.html -- Mon Aug 4 23:55:01 EST 2003 23:55:01 up 1 day, 3:43, 2 users, load average: 1.17, 1.34, 1.39 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Ladies and Gentlemen, Hobos and Tramps, Cross-eyed mosquitos and bowlegged ants, I come before you to stand behind you To tell you of something I know nothing about. Next Thursday (which is good Friday), There will be a convention held in the Women's Club which is strictly for Men. Admission is free, pay at the door, Pull up a chair, and sit on the floor. It was a summer's day in winter, And the snow was raining fast, As a barefoot boy with shoes on, Stood sitting in the grass. Oh, that bright day in the dead of night, Two dead men got up to fight. Three blind men to see fair play, Forty mutes to yell Hooray! Back to back, they faced each other, Drew their swords and shot each other. A deaf policeman heard the noise, Came and arrested those two dead boys. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either Tony S. Sykes or the postmaster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com http://www.bcpsoftware.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Novell Acquires Ximian to Expand Linux Solutions and OpenSource Commitment
On Monday 04 August 2003 07:49 pm, Stephen Kuhn graced me with: On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 00:40, Tony S. Sykes wrote: What's SCO going to say about that? Are Novell going to release their own version of Linux? I honestly think that this is only going to give more credence to GNU/linux et al; Novell has some serious cash, and giving it to Ximian - let's keep the mindset that Ximian won't be assimilated, is only going to strengthen the OSS position in corporate environments. With Novell porting applications and services to the GNU/linux platform, we're in for some serious revolutions in the next two years - at least that's how I see it... That's a good point. Most OpenSource developers are not rolling in the dough. Any serious backing is only going to improve their ability to produce better distributions, applications and systemware. I can't help but prematurely smile over all of this. My inner sense tells me that SCO's bluff has already backfired, and as a result is now strengthening the very infrastructure that they had hoped to leech off of and control. Big business is a dangerous game to play. I would not want to be SCO's elite right now. I can smell the sweat from here. T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
